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Omnibus Typographi [Franko Luin]

Fonts designed by talented Swedish designer Franko Luin (born in Trieste, Italy in 1941, to Slovenian parents). Luin immigrated to Sweden in 1961. After studying at the Grafiska Institutet during the 1960s, Franko Luin spent two decades as a print designer for Ericsson before becoming independent. In the 1990s he was involved in multimedia and typeface design. In 1996, he founded his own typographic studio, Omnibus Typografi. At some point, he led a course in Web Typography at the Berghs School of Communication in Stockholm. Franko Luin passed away on September 15, 2005, in Tyresö, Sweden. Autobiography. Obituary by Dan Reynolds. Linotype pages on Luin.

His typefaces, all at Linotype:

• Ad Hoc (1992).
• Baskerville Classico (1993).
• Birka (1992).
• Bodoni Classico (1993).
• Carniola (1993).
• Caslon Classico (1993).
• Devin (1994).
• Dialog Com, Dialog Pro, Dialog (1993).
• Emona (1992).
• Esperanto (1992).
• Fortuna (1995).
• Garamond Classico (1993).
• Goudy Village (1994).
• Griffo Classico (1992).
• Humana (1993).
• Isolde (1993).
• Jenson Classico (1993).
• Jesper (1993).
• Jonatan (1995).
• Kalix (1994).
• Kasper (1995).
• Kis Classico (1992).
• Marco Polo (1993).
• Memento (1993).
• Miramar (1993).
• Norma (1994).
• Nyfors (1995).
• Odense (1994).
• Omnibus (1993).
• Pax, Pax 2 (1995).
• Persona (1993).
• Ragnar (1993).
• Res Publica (1992).
• Rustika (1993).
• Saga (1992).
• Semper (1993).
• Transport (1995).
• Vega (1994).

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